Music Quote by Max Roach Download Open image “The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument.” — Max Roach ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Music Music making Musical People
I never really got there I just pretended that I had. What's the point of instruments? Words are a sawed off shotgun. — Radiohead Copy Share Image
I wish I were more musically gifted, more intuitive in playing instruments. — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously. — Kevin James Copy Share Image
I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing. — Nastassja Kinski Copy Share Image
My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I don't know how it got around that I play a lot of instruments. I really don't. I play the guitar and the mandolin. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, every time I have somebody play an instrument, it's always like, they don't know how to do it. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I play a whole lot of instruments pretty badly, instead of playing one instrument really well. — Mikal Cronin Copy Share Image
Instruments fascinate me because they're completely awkward. When I picked up a guitar for the first time I was like, "What is this?" because… — Brie Larson Copy Share Image
Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed. — William Christopher Handy Copy Share Image
“In your lifetime, if you can come up with one original idea, you have accomplished a great deal.” — Max Roach Copy Share Image
My point is that we much decolonize our minds and re-name and re-define ourselves . . . In all respects, culturally, politically, socially, we… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments & collectively create a thing of beauty. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
I will never again play anything that does not have social significance. We American jazz musicians of African descent have proved beyond all doubt… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again. And though… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Music mirrors where we should go, have gone and can go. Music is an abstraction. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
I think that the rhythm sections, drummers in particular, are the unsuing heroes of the music. It's the rhythm section that has changed the… — Max Roach Copy Share Image
I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure. — Max Roach Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
Before I debuted, it was my goal to make my debut, and afterwards, I aimed at winning champion titles on television music shows, and… — Hyuna Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I'm at the edge of the world, Where do I go from here? Do I disappear? Edge of the world, Should I sink or… — Bring Me The Horizon Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of people come out of Carol City, but I had this distinct vision for Carol City, just me coming out… — Denzel Curry Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“Downloading's the same as what I used to do. I used to tape the charts of the songs I liked [off the radio]. I… — Liam Gallagher Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I want people to hear my lyrics and my melodies and say, 'That dude's in pain.' — Ivan Moody Copy Share Image
I make dance music because I love to dance. But I want to think at the same time. — Stromae Copy Share Image